Site Supervisor

The Site Supervisor is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient day-to-day execution of plant maintenance and operational activities at the Aggeneys Solar PV Plant. This role is intentionally technical in nature, with the majority of time focused on maintenance execution, inspections, fault-finding support, work planning, quality control, asset performance, and technical coordination.

The Site Supervisor also provides daily workforce supervision and work coordination. While retaining line-supervisory responsibility for the Site Electrician and Semi-Skilled Workers, these employees work closely with the Site Technician, who provides technical direction, verification, and input into their performance assessments. The Site Supervisor remains responsible for attendance, conduct, teamwork, work allocation, safety compliance, site coordination, and overall work performance.

Key Responsibilities

Technical and Operational Responsibilities

• Execute and coordinate preventive, corrective, and condition-based maintenance activities in line with the Annual Operating Plan, approved maintenance schedules, work orders, SOPs, and site priorities.
• Plan and schedule daily and weekly maintenance work, considering technical requirements, resource availability, safety controls, tools, spares, permits, and operational constraints.
• Carry out and support technical inspections, fault-finding, testing, troubleshooting, and first-line diagnosis across plant equipment within your competence and authorization.
• Collaborate closely with the Site Technician on complex faults, technical decisions, defect escalation, and the prioritization of corrective actions.
• Coordinate the Site Electrician and Semi-Skilled Workers from a site-supervision perspective, ensuring that technical instructions and specialist verifications align with the Site Technician.
• Monitor maintenance quality to ensure completed work is safe, technically acceptable, properly closed out, and supported by required records, test results, photographs, or inspection evidence.
• Ensure all maintenance and inspection records are accurate and current, including work orders, checklists, equipment histories, manuals, guarantees, warranties, and related technical documentation.
• Monitor plant deviations and outstanding defects, track aging items, and escalate unresolved issues that present safety, reliability, or production risks.
• Support plant performance monitoring and trending by reviewing recurring faults, breakdowns, downtime, equipment conditions, and maintenance-related production losses.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective-action processes while helping implement practical performance-improvement initiatives.
• Schedule repairs or replacements for faulty components, and coordinate warranty issues, failed components, rotables, suppliers, and spare requirements with the Plant Manager and Site Technician.
• Control the availability and condition of tools, test equipment, consumables, and maintenance materials required for safe and effective work execution.
• Ensure all technical work complies with approved SOPs, electrical safety rules, lockout/tagout requirements, permit systems, HSE standards, and applicable site procedures.
• Participate in daily or cross-functional performance meetings, providing clear technical status updates, risk assessments, constraints, and required actions.
• Provide accurate daily, weekly, and monthly technical and operational updates to the Plant Manager, covering schedule attainment, breakdowns, outstanding deviations, spare movements, HSE matters, and maintenance risks.

Worker Oversight and Workforce Coordination

• Allocate, coordinate, and monitor daily tasks for Team Leaders, Semi-Skilled, and General Workers, including vegetation control, panel-cleaning support, housekeeping, waste management, and facilities tasks.
• Conduct or coordinate daily toolbox talks, task briefings, and safety checks, ensuring employees understand the work scope, hazards, controls, and expected standards.
• Monitor attendance, punctuality, conduct, productivity, teamwork, and adherence to site rules, escalating concerns when necessary.
• Inspect completed general work for quality, safety, and completeness, ensuring prompt implementation of corrective actions.
• Coach and guide employees on safe work practices, task execution, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Assist the Plant Manager with leave planning, overtime and standby control, workforce planning, and resource allocation.
• Participate in performance management for direct reports. Obtain technical-performance input from the Site Technician for the Site Electrician and Semi-Skilled Workers, and assess work quality, productivity, attendance, teamwork, conduct, and site compliance for General Workers.
• Provide factual input into training needs, development actions, recruitment, and disciplinary processes as requested by management.

Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality

• Lead by example in HSE compliance and immediately stop or escalate unsafe work.
• Ensure pre-task risk assessments, permits, PPE, tools, and work methods are appropriate before work begins.
• Monitor housekeeping, electrical safety, work-area control, environmental requirements, and the safe use of vehicles and equipment.
• Report incidents, near misses, unsafe conditions, and leading indicators accurately and on time, supporting investigations and corrective actions.
• Ensure technical personnel use appropriate electrical and arc-rated PPE as mandated by risk assessments and site standards.

Reporting and Administration

• Keep the Plant Manager properly informed to ensure timely operational and maintenance decisions.
• Prepare and submit required reports and supporting information accurately and on time.
• Maintain clear records of maintenance status, deviations, workforce issues, inspections, tools, spares, vehicles, HSE matters, and completed actions.
• Promptly escalate material risks, repeated failures, resource constraints, safety concerns, and performance issues.
• Coordinate information flow between the Plant Manager, Site Technician, technical team, and General Workers.

Role Interfaces and Authority

• Reports directly to the Plant Manager and works closely with the Site Technician.
• Maintains day-to-day supervisory responsibility for the site employees listed in this job description.
• Authorized to allocate work, monitor completion, enforce site rules and safety requirements, and escalate performance or conduct concerns in line with company and client procedures.
• Does not replace the Site Technician as the specialist technical authority. Technical decisions outside the Site Supervisor's competence, authorization, or appointment must be referred to the Site Technician and/or Plant Manager.
• All duties must be carried out within applicable legal appointments, authorizations, competencies, and site procedures.

Minimum Role Requirements

• Red Seal Electrician Qualification with an N2/N3 Certificate
• ORHVS Certification
• Valid driver’s license
• Proven people management skills
• Previous experience on a Solar PV Plant is highly advantageous
• Demonstrated electrical and technical maintenance experience in an operating solar PV or comparable power-generation environment
• Practical fault-finding, inspection, and maintenance-planning capabilities appropriate to the site and assigned authorizations
• Ability to read and utilize technical procedures, work orders, drawings, manuals, and maintenance records
• Strong safety leadership with a working knowledge of site HSE requirements and safe work systems
• Ability to supervise a mixed workforce, communicate clearly, maintain accurate records, and deliver evidence-based performance feedback
• Competence in basic computer-based reporting and site administrative systems
• Note: Any legally required electrical or operational appointments remain subject to formal appointment, competency, and authorization requirements.